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White Blood Cell Transfusion

North Dakota rates for HCPCS 86950

A transfusion of white blood cells collected from a donor, given through a vein like other blood products. It is used for a patient whose own white cell count is severely low and who has a serious infection that is not responding to treatment.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does White Blood Cell Transfusion cost?

$97.72

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $97.72 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $129 from a physician practice, and about $66.07 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$129$54.95 to $195
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$66.07$54.95 to $85.11

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $66 · 10th to 90th $55 to $98Professionalmedian $129 · 10th to 90th $45 to $200
$50$100$200facility $66professional $129

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$70.79
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$218.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$125.89
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$102.33
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$478.63
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$89.13

Where North Dakota sits

The same service costs 2.2 times more in North Dakota than in Rhode Island. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

North Dakota· 1st of 51

$97.72

ND $97.72RI $43.65

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.